HISTORY was made in Central Java last week. For the first time, a woman was popularly elected as deputy governor. Last Tuesday, the Regional Elections Commission (KPD) of Central Java, declared the Bibit Waluyo-Rustriningsih team as winners in the gubernatorial-deputy gubernatorial race. They won 43.44 percent of the votes and will be sworn in this coming August 23.

Although Rustringningsih was 'only' the running mate to the governor, public atten